Saturday, December 10, 2016

Price:
$20.00
/per person

Join your Boomertime Community, for an elegant holiday evening, at The High Road at Dawson. Amazing views of the Austin skyline from the veranda and ample room inside for dining and dancing the night away! As always… seeing old friends, making new ones, and being thankful for our community during the holiday season. Attire can be casual if you choose...we just want to create an elegant atmosphere for Boomers to have a special evening in, but it's the people who make it grand!

RSVPs are open, and tickets are available to purchase through PayPal online. Tickets for the event will be $20.00 and payment will be required to RSVP. If any member has any issues with PayPal, please message Kim through Boomertime. Tickets will be non-refundable, but there are always those who can’t make it at the last minute, and they can post under comments, if their ticket is available.

Dance to Austin’s premier party band, Shakedown, back by Boomer popular demand. Shakedown was amazing last year and kept the dance floor hopping and we were happy to have them back again. They will be playing from eight to eleven for our dancing pleasure. www.shakedownaustin.com (http://www.shakedownaustin.com/)

The High Road offers a full service, “cash only” bar open for the evening. We will have three bartenders this year, to try and decrease the wait time for drinks. Cold water will also be available.

A delicious full meal will be served. As you make your way through the line, you will choose 1 of 3 types of noodles, 1 of 2 types of sauces, Marinara or Alfredo, and finally 1 of 2 types of meat; chicken or meatballs, all served by an amazing cooking team. Salad and breads will also be available. If you do not care for noodles, you can use salad as a base for your choice of meat and then add one of the various dressings we will offer. Regretfully we will not be able to offer special diet options. Sweets will be available to top off dinner, if you so desire.

Car pool , car pool , car pool! Visit on the way with fellow Boomers. As most of you know, there is limited parking, but usually ample, if we can get some carpooling going on!

The 2016 Holiday Gala Team Leads are as follows:

(Each of these leaders will need volunteers to help in their areas!)

Decorations: Cindy Barnes

Set up: Gina Z.

Food: Sharon Mays

Greeters: Pablo

Breakdown/Cleanup: JB

If you are able to help, please let the team leaders know in comments, or by Boomertime messaging.

We are so excited about the Gala and look forward to seeing each of you there!

I'm gonna echo what Kim posted below....calling all guys who like to play with fire (you know who you are), we have a great volunteer opportunity for a few 'fire tenders'....now's your chance cause these slots will go fast....just reply in the comments...ALSO, anyone who has any extra firewood laying around that they want to get rid of, we'll take it off your hands...

Hey everyone, it's getting close! Setup team to arrive at noon. Decorations team at 1. Caterer can preset between 1 and 2.
We still need to find some help with a large water dispenser, wood, and 2 or 3 gents who would take turns looking after the fire on the patio.
We will have 3 tables set and a fire pit going since it looks like the weather will cooperate.

Hello Boomers,Want to acknowledge those that have already agreed to assist in the Clean-up: Edeanne, Don, Jeffrey, Rob, Greg. Thanks for stepping up. If any others have already said so I don't have that down. Will need a hand full more. I know others will assist just like at the past Spring Fling. Looking forward to it. Thanks

Alright guys, since the gals always look stunning dressed up for a Gala, I'm enlisting a Tuxedo Team! We can clean up good, if we give it some effort, so who else will do the penguin imitation with me???(I'm not going to be the only tux in town...)

Some people are not going now, and making tickets available. I have a Gal-Pal who would like to go to our Gala, and it's gotten confusing about what tkts/spots are now available. Please let me know if there's a tkt someone would like to make avail to a "late-comer", TNX

Dennis is our wonderful photographer for the Gala, when you see him smile real pretty! :-) We will also have a small photo op area as you come in upstairs for anyone to snap shots. Can't wait to see all of you Boomers!

Decorating Team for the Holiday Gala,Thank you for volunteering to join us in decorating for our Gala, Saturday, Dec. 10. We will be meeting at the High Road on Dawson at 1:00, day of event, and work for several hours. Come when you can, we have lots to do.....looking forward to what you'll be creating!

Hey everyone, it's getting close! Setup team to arrive at noon. Decorations team at 1. Caterer can preset between 1 and 2.
We still need to find some help with a large water dispenser, wood, and 2 or 3 gents who would take turns looking after the fire on the patio.
We will have 3 tables set and a fire pit going since it looks like the weather will cooperate.

Hey Ms Barnes. I am available to help out with the set up. Mr Grander is going to drive me there as I am not supposed to drive after my surgery so if we need a bit of man muscle maybe we can convince him to stay a bit before he absconds to find an ugly Christmas sweater to wear. He is foregoing the tux brigade.

Here is one perspective. For many of us guys, the best part of the gala will be visiting with and dancing with the beautiful boomer girls dressed up. It's not a stretch to say we should show some appreciation by looking our best. I'm not saying we all have to wear tuxes as is mentioned in another comment, but we can clean up and put on our best clothes.

Confused, on the Meetup app it states the date as Dec 10th but on these comments it seems to be the 11th of Dec., which is it. Also, want to attend but have issues with PayPal how do I RSVP and get my ticket outside that system

Ray: I have an iPhone and my Meetup App says the 10th...however, there is the Ecstatic Dance on the 11th in the same building, so THAT could be what is confusing....?? Just message Kim about paying options.

Hey Boomertimers!....this is one of our "showcase" events....a GREAT time with GREAT people and GREAT food, with a GREAT band at a GREAT venue and all for a GREAT price to celebrate the holidays together! Come on, sign up! (that would be GREAT)

Hello Boomers! As you can read in the description of who are the Team Leaders, yo can see that I am leading the Breakdown/Cleanup. So buddies, pals, friends. like so many of you that responded to my call for assistance at the Spring Fling, I am now writing to ask for your help again for this event. Please reply. Thanks, I know you will.

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